beautification
nounUK /bjuːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology First attested in 1600, from beautify (“to make beautiful”) + -ication.
1
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
- Near-synonym: prettification
- Thanks to the beautification efforts, the appearance of the highway has vastly improved.
1 more example
- This trend, which he attributes to social media and describes as “beautification” rather than a desire to turn back the years, might involve a blepharoplasty or removing buccal fat (between the cheek and jaw bones.)2025 August 16, Emma Jacobs, quoting Aamer Khan, “Would you pay $200,000 to look half your age?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
- Related terms
- beautician, beautiful, beauty